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AIR — "Coming  through  the  Rye." 

Down  on  Mississippi  river, 

The  other  day, 
Three  ships  with  cannon  mounted, 

In  pride  they  lay. 
Boasting  of  their  wrrlike^prowess, 

Pretty  ships  of  war, 
Lying  still  the  streamiblockading, 

Naught  their  peace  did  mar. 


In  those  waters  lived^a^Turtle, 

A  saucy  little  dear, 
Dressed  in  steel  from  top  to  bottom, 

Beneath  her  was  a  spear. 
Now  this  saucy  little  Turtle, 

Dressed  in  fine  array, 
With  fourteen  guns  (irmly  mounted, 

To  keep  her  foes  away. 

Got  up  steam  to  pay  a  visit, 

To  this  powerful  tribe, 
She  first  made  at  the  big  ship  Preble, 

Smashed  in  all  her  side. 
Down;went  ship  and  all  its  rigging, 

In  the  angry  sea, 
Captain,  crew,  and  all  the  soldiers, 

Now  cease  to  be. 

Thc.crew  of  the' other  two  big  monsters, 

Filled  with  affright, 
Poured  their  vollies  on  the  Turtle, 

With  all  thehynight. 
No  e  fleet  at  all  upon  her, 

Did  tbcir  bullets  take, 
She  chased  them  both  in  shallow  water, 

Now, for  the  shoie  they  make. 

Success  to  brave  old  Captain  Ilollins, 
Whose  Turtle  fought  so  well. 

This  brave  exploit  by  Maryland's  son, 
All  history  will  tell. 


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